THE FRESHMEN

LAURA ARNOLD

GOALKEEPER • 5-11 • FR./FR. 0 HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, (MAYFIELD)

HIGH SCHOOL A four-year letterwinner at Mayfield (’09) under coach Matt Lubin ... earned All-Ohio First-Team honors as a junior before being named to the second team in her final season ... a three-time All-Western Reserve Conference selection for the Wildcats ... also an All-Greater Cleveland Coaches honoree ... captained the team as a senior ... named to the honor roll in three years.

PERSONAL Arnold Laura L. Arnold was born on May 6, 1991, in Highland Heights, Ohio ... plans to major in a science-related field (biology or chemistry) at BGSU ... daughter of Bill andAnn Arnold ... the youngest of two children ... has one brother ... has played club ball with the Cleveland Cobras Soccer Club ... prior to that, earned an OYSAN State Cup Championship in 2007 with her CASA U16 team ... has also played for Ohio Premier.

AMIE BANNISTER

DEFENDER • 5-6 • FR./FR. 29 WESTERVILLE, OHIO (SOUTH)

HIGH SCHOOL A four-year starter at Westerville South (’09) under coach Bobby Weimer ... the Wildcats’ team MVP as a senior ... also was named to the Ohio Capital Conference First Team in each of her last two seasons after earning second-team honors as a sophomore ... a First-Team All-Central District honoree in her final year ... also a four-year track letterwinner, competing in the sprint and relay events ... earned All-Central District and All-OCC honors in that sport as well ... a two-year captain for both the soccer and track teams ... Senior Class President ... spoke at com- mencement ... was a finalist for the Westerville South Hall of Excellence. Bannister

PERSONAL Amie Lee Bannister was born on April 29, 1991, in Westerville, Ohio ... plans to major in elementary education and minor in psychology at BGSU ... daughter of Rick and Diane Ban- nister ... the second of four daughters ... has played club ball for Olentangy Premier FC the past few years, after playing for Premier adidas SC from the U9 to U16 levels.

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KEELY CHANDLER

MIDFIELDER • 5-6 • FR./FR. 21 ROCHESTER, MICH. (ADAMS)

HIGH SCHOOL A four-year starter at Rochester Adams (’09) for coach Aaron Donaghy ... a three-time all- league (Oakland Activities Association) selection ... also a three-time all-district pick ... twice named to the all-county team ... was the Highlanders’ MVP as a senior in the spring of 2009 ... helped the team to a regional title and a state semifinal berth as a freshman ... team captain as a senior ... was the Valedictorian of her class.

PERSONAL Chandler Keely Ann Chandler was born on Dec. 24, 1990, in Orlando, Fla. ... plans to major in pre-med- icine at BGSU ... daughter of Chris and Colleen Chandler ... the middle of three children ... has an older brother and a younger sister ... mother swam collegiately at Michigan State Univ. ... has played club ball for West Coast FC (2003-05) and Vardar (2005-09) ... has been her team’s captain as well as leading scorer in each of the last five years.

JENNY FOWLER

DEFENDER/MIDFIELDER • 5-3 • FR./FR. 27 GROVE CITY, Ohio (CENtRAL CROSSING)

HIGH SCHOOL A four-year letterwinner at Central Crossing (’09) for coach Amy Martin ... earned All-Ohio Capital Conference honors three times ... garnered honorable mention as a freshman, second- team laurels as a junior and first-team accolades as a senior ... missed the bulk of her sopho- more season due to injury ... a two-time team MVP ... National Honor Society.

PERSONAL Jennifer Marie Fowler was born on March 19, 1991, in Grove City, Ohio ... plans to major in Fowler pre-medicine at BGSU ... daughter of Robert and Julie Fowler ... the middle of three children ... has an older brother and a younger sister ... has played club ball for Ohio Premier ... addition- ally, has been a part of the Ohio South ODP program since the U13 level, and has also played in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL).

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LAUREN LIVINGSTON

MIDFIELDER/FORWARD • 5-4 • FR./FR. 16 LISLE, ILL. (WHEATON WARRENVILLE SOUTH)

HIGH SCHOOL A four-year letterwinner at Wheaton Warrenville South (’09) for coach Guy Callipari ... a unan- imous All-DuPage Valley Conference selection as a senior ... helped the Tigers to the regional championship game in all four seasons, winning the regional title twice ... team won 57 games during her four years, including a 19-2-1 overall record and a DVC title in her junior season ... had career totals of 15 goals and 18 assists, including a team-leading 10 assists as a sophomore ... team captain as a senior ... four-time academic all-conference honoree ... also earned the HISA Scholastic Achievement Award all four years ... National Honor Society. Livingston

PERSONAL Lauren Taylor Livingston was born on Oct. 20, 1990, in Winfield, Ill. ... plans to be a mild/ moderate intervention specialist major at BGSU ... daughter of Brad and Jenny Livingston ... the middle of three children ... the youngest of three daughters ... oldest sister, Brittany, was a four-year member of the team at Ohio State ... sister, Brooke, is entering her junior year on the women’s soccer team at MAC rival Miami Univ. ... has played club ball for America’s Soccer Club (ASC Eagles).

EMILY ROTHWELL

DEFENDER • 5-3 • FR./FR. 8 COLLIERVILLE, TENN. (COLLIERVILLE)

HIGH SCHOOL A three-year letterwinner at Collierville (’09) for coach Bill Gillespie ... a sweeper who cap- tained her team as a senior, and received Defensive MVP honors in each of her last three years ... the Lady Dragons went 20-1-5 and advanced to the state finals for the second-straight year in 2007 ... that season, team was ranked #1 in the region and state, and #6 nationally ... CHS went 17-5-2 en route to state finals in ‘06 ... named to All-Tennessee All Metro teams in those three years ... Best of Preps all four years ... Who’s Who Among H.S. Students ... honor roll all four years. Rothwell

PERSONAL Emily Christine Rothwell was born on July 21, 1991, in Germantown, Tenn ... currently unde- cided upon a major at BGSU ... daughter of Richard and Jane Rothwell ... has an older sister ... has played club ball with 1991 Lady Lobos, captaining her teams in each of the last seven years ... part of the Olympic Development Program (ODP) state pool from 2003-05.

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SARAH VONDERBRINK

MIDFIELDER/FORWARD • 5-7 • FR./FR. 12 KETTERING, OHIO (FAIRMONT)

HIGH SCHOOL A four-year letterwinner at Kettering Fairmont (’09) for coach Jeff Kuns ... an All-Ohio Second-Team selection as a senior ... three-time all-league (Greater Western Ohio Conference choice) ... also earned All-Miami Valley honors on multiple occasions ... had a career total of 29 goals, including 12 as a senior ... had 21 career assists for the Firebirds ... also earned four letters in track and field, along with two letters in ... captained both the soccer and track teams as a senior ... National Honor Society ... United Student Body Commissioner. VonderBrink PERSONAL Sarah Marie VonderBrink was born on June 4, 1990, in Dayton, Ohio ... plans to major in communication disorders at BGSU ... daughter of Phil and Kathy VonderBrink ... the third of four children ... has an older brother, an older sister and a younger sister ... father played soccer collegiately at Ohio State ... played club soccer with Ohio Galaxies FC Elite.

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THE FALCONS AND MAC WOMEN’S SOCCER regular-season standings, but downed the top seed in the first round of the tournament, and advanced all the way to the championship match. The 2003 team’s improbable run seemed hard to top, but Andy Richards’ 2004 team did just that. Again seeded eighth, the ’04 Falcons outscored opponents, 8-2, en route to three wins over higher-seeded teams and the first MAC Tournament title in school history. The 2005 BGSU squad returned to the championship match yet again, achieving several program firsts. Richards and the Falcons won the MAC’s regular-season title for the first time in school history, and earned the right to host the league tourney for the first time. The Brown and Orange did not allow a goal in three MAC Tournament matches, en route to a second-straight title and NCAA berth. The Falcons won the MAC Tournament title in both 2004 ... The ‘06 Falcons, despite losing seven starters from the previous year’s club, returned to the MAC Tournament for The fall of 1997 marked the first season of competition a fifth consecutive season. The Brown and Orange, with 12 for women’s soccer as a conference-sponsored sport. Eight newcomers on the 24-woman roster, saw their season end in MAC institutions fielded teams that fall. The first season of the quarterfinal round. league women’s soccer sponsorship coincided with Bowling In 2007, the Falcons returned to the championship match Green’s first year fielding a program at the varsity level. of the conference tourney once again, for the fourth time in Buffalo, Central Michigan and Marshall joined the MAC five Novembers. BGSU’s three tournament matches all went women’s soccer ranks in 1998, and Ball State began competi- to overtime, with the last two requiring penalty kicks. The tion in 1999. Akron started a women’s soccer program in Falcons dispatched regular-season champion Ball State on the 2001, bringing MAC membership in the sport to 13 schools. Cardinals’ home field in the semifinal round, before Toledo Marshall left the MAC at the end of the 2004-05 academic squeaked past the Brown and Orange via PKs in the final. year, giving the conference 12 women’s soccer-playing Last fall, the Falcons finished fourth in the MAC’s schools. regular-season standings. BGSU downed Western Michigan in The Falcons have enjoyed their fair share of success in quarterfinal-round action at Cochrane, before falling at UT on MAC action. The 2005 team won the regular-season title for a late goal in the semifinal round. the first time in school history, and BGSU won back-to-back Eight teams will qualify for the tournament again in conference tournament titles in ’04 and ’05. The Falcons have 2009, with quarterfinal matches held Nov. 1 at the top four appeared in the MAC Tournament’s championship game five seeds. The semifinals and championship will be contested of the last eight seasons, including in three-straight title tilts Nov. 6 and 8, respectively, at the site of the highest remaining from 2003-05 and again in 2007. seed after the quarterfinal round. The inaugural MAC Tournament, in 1997, included the top four regular-season finishers, and the tourney doubled in size for the 1998 season. In that ’98 tournament, BG advanced to the semifinal round before losing in overtime to eventual champion Northern Illinois. All six of BGSU’s MAC Tourna- ment losses have come at the hands of the eventual tourney champion. Two years later (2000), the Falcons won a pair of tourna- ment matches to advance to the championship contest for the first time. In that final, the Brown and Orange lost to Miami, again in overtime. In 2002, the Falcons were picked to finish ninth, but placed fourth in the regular-season standings. That BG squad hosted a MAC Tournament match for the first time in school history, and won that match before falling to MU on the Red- Hawks’ home field. The next season, the Falcons finished eighth in the ... and 2005, with the latter crown coming at Cochrane Field

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Providing leadership in education and in Quicken Loans Arena), three teams to the NCAA diversity, the Mid-American Conference (Akron’s Firestone Stadium) women’s tourna- moves into its 63rd year of service to the and most recently ment (Miami, Ohio and student-athlete. (Chillicothe’s VA Memorial Western Michigan). Western Stadium). Michigan became only the Since its inception in 1946, the Mid- third team to make it to the American Conference has progressively The MAC tied a league record Sweet Sixteen (Ohio 2005 grown and developed into one of the in 2008 with five schools par- and Western Michigan 1983). most aggressive Division I conferences ticipating in bowl games – Buf- In women’s MAC in the country. One of only 11 football falo (International); Ball State Tournament Champion Ball New Commissioner Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conferences, (GMAC); Central Michigan Jon Steinbrecher State upset perennial national the MAC named Dr. Jon Steinbrecher as (Motor City); Western Michi- power Tennessee in the first its eighth commissioner in the 63-year gan (Texas); and Northern round of the NCAA tourna- history of the league this past March. Illinois (Independence Bowl). The 2008 ment handing the Lady Vols their first Steinbrecher came to the MAC after season also saw the first MAC football ever loss in the opening round of the serving for six years as the commissioner team ranked in the Top 25 since 2003. NCAA tournament. The victory was of the Ohio Valley Conference. Ball State was ranked as high as 12th in named “Pontiac Game Changing Per- the BCS Standings, 12th in the AP and formance” of the 2009 NCAA Women’s The league has grown its commitment to 13th in the USA Today Poll. The Car- Basketball Tournament, while first year championships by expanding to six its dinals were ranked in all three polls for head coach Kelly Packard was named number of neutral site post season events 10 straight weeks. MAC football teams Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach – football (Detroit’s Ford Field), vol- won a league record four games versus of the Year by the WBCA. leyball (Toledo’s SeaGate Centre), men’s opponents from the Big Ten. Toledo and women’s basketball (Cleveland’s became the first MAC team to ever beat Akron continued its dominance of MAC Michigan in Ann Arbor; Ball State won men’s soccer with its 11 regular-season its first-ever game against a Big Ten foe championship to go along with its sixth when the Cardinals beat Indiana; Central MAC Tournament title – both league Michigan also defeated Indiana; and records. The Zips were ranked as high Western Michigan beat Illinois in a game as No. 2 during the season and reached played at Ford Field. the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tourna- ment before falling to Northwestern, In its partnership with ESPN, the MAC 1-0. Steve Zakuani, who helped guide signed an eight-year rights agreement the University of Akron men’s soccer through the 2016-2017 academic year for program to a record-setting campaign football, as well as men’s and women’s in 2008, was the first overall pick of the basketball. The deal will be the most 2009 Major League Soccer Super Draft. extensive in the 63-year history of the Zakuani earned 2008 MAC Men’s Soc- conference. The new deal calls for a cer Player of the Year honors and was a minimum of 25 events annually to be finalist for the Hermann Trophy, which produced and aired on an ESPN platform goes to the best men’s soccer player in including the men’s and women’s bas- the country. ketball championships, a regular-season MAC presence on ESPN, the Marathon The conference now has national leader- MAC Football Championship and a ship positions on the following NCAA minimum of 11 regular-season football committees: Warde Manual, Buffalo games. (Academic Cabinet); Susan Lipnickey, Miami (Leadership Council and Infrac- The Falcons hoisted the MAC Tournament Women’s athletics shined for the MAC tions Appeals); Derrick Gragg, Eastern championship trophy in 2004, the first league this past year. For the first time in the Michigan (Legislative Council); Dr. title in the history of the women’s soccer pro- gram at BGSU history of the conference the MAC sent John Peters, Northern Illinois (Board

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of Directors); Tom Collins, Ball State University), World Series winning man- In 1946 men’s basketball was the first (Amateurism Cabinet); Kelly Andrews, ager Bob Brenly (Ohio University) and competitive sport in the MAC, which Toledo (Awards, benefits, Expenses & Olympic bobsled team member Brock now sponsors a total 23 sports. Women’s Financial Aid Cabinet); Stephannnie Kreitzburgh (University of Toledo), the sports were brought into the conference’s Harvey-Vandenburg, Eastern Michigan Mid-American Conference continues to structure in 1980. (Recruiting & Athletic Personal Issues excel in producing leaders in the world Cabinet); Brad Bates, Miami (Academic of athletics. For men, championships (11) are spon- Performance); Eileen Jennings, Central sored in football, basketball, baseball, Michigan (Infractions); Ted McKown, Based in Cleveland since July 1999 cross country, soccer, and div- Kent State (International Students following a 15-year stay in Toledo, ing, indoor track and field, outdoor track Records); Jim Klein, Toledo (Legisla- Ohio, the MAC has established historic and field, , and . tive Review & Interpretations); Karin measurements in both football and men’s Lee, Ball State (Minority Opportunities and women’s basketball since moving to For women, championships (12) are and Interest); Melody Reifel Werner, Northeast Ohio. sponsored in basketball, softball, vol- Eastern Michigan (Research); Catharine leyball, cross country, field hockey, golf, Marosszeky, Kent State (Student-Athlete The Mid-American Conference was soccer, swimming and diving, gymnas- Advisory); Lee Meserve, Bowling Green founded as a five-school league on Feb- tics, indoor track and field, outdoor track (Walter Byers Scholarship). ruary 24, 1946 in Columbus, Ohio with and field and tennis. Ohio, Butler, Cincinnati, Wayne State The MAC also has representation on and Western Reserve admitted as charter (Text and information courtesy MAC Division I Sport Committees and related members. The Mid-American Confer- office) governing groups: Cathy O’Donnell, ence has 12 full-time schools and a 13th, Kent State (Field Hockey); Dave Heeke, Temple, for football only. Comprising Central Michigan (Football Issues); Mar- the East Division is the University of ling “Newt” Engle, Akron (Rifle); Karin Akron (joined in 1992), Bowling Green Lee, Ball State (Tennis); Rich Ceronie State University (1952), University at (Track & Field); Laing Kennedy, Kent Buffalo (1998), Kent State University State (Men’s Basketball); Charlie Coles, (1951), Miami University (1947), Ohio Miami (Men’s Basketball Issues); Jim University (1946) and Temple University Schaus, Ohio and Reggie Witherspoon, (2007). The West Division members Buffalo (Men’s Basketball Rules); Ste- are Ball State University (1973), Central ven Cady, Miami (Men’s Ice Hockey); Michigan University (1971), Eastern Mary Lu Gribschaw, Akron (Men’s Soc- Michigan University (1971), Northern cer); Greg Christopher, Bowling Green Illinois University (1975-86, 1997), (Women’s Basketball); Anucha Brown- University of Toledo (1950) and Western Sanders, Buffalo and Donyale Canada, Michigan University (1947). MAC (Women’s Basketball Issues); Curt Miller, Bowling Green (Women’s Bas- ketball Rules); Jerry Reighard, Central Michigan (Gymnastics); Matt Wolfert, Ball State (Women’s Soccer); Dee Abra- hamson, Northern Illinois (Women’s Softball Rules); Derek van der Merwe, Central Michigan (Wrestling).

From two-time Super Bowl quarterback winning Ben Roethlisberger (Miami University), NFL Defensive MVP James Harrison (Kent State University), British Open winner Ben Curtis (Kent State

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